MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Major Scale, Active Listening, Record Producer
14 May 2016
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Need to practice active listening to music to be smarter listeners. A: melody = distinct series of pitches sounding one after another through time conjunct motion: stepwise, provide sense of rest (mary had a little lamb) disjunct motion: move leaping, sense of agitation (us anthem) Demonstrate range, distance between highest and lowest pitches in melody (mary had a little lamb has narrow range, us anthem has wide range) Stable tones in major scale are do and sol ; the rest are unstable and demand motion, more agitate. Melodic phrases form complete thoughts , like conversations. Some musical phrases are more conclusive than others. Ragas (india)= collection of pitches with characteristic intervals and embellishments used as basis for melodic context. B: rhythm = systematic arrangement of musical beats, accents, and durations. Beat = steady rhythmic pulse, organized into measures usually. Meter = variation strong and weak beat (downbeat always strong); number and accentuation pattern of beats in measure.
